ARLINGTON, Texas -- During the summer months, UTA will highlight the success of each team from the 2016-17 athletics season. The first of our eight-part series features UTA volleyball.

The Mavs saw Qiana Canete earned All-Sun Belt honors and Taylor Murata set a freshman record for digs in a season. After UTA hosted the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Championships at College Park Center, longtime Mavs head coach Diane Seymour retired from coaching and UTA welcomed first-year head coach J.T. Wenger, a former assistant coach at UCLA, Colorado and Michigan State.